Enbridge is teaming up with local fire services to help prevent residential fires and carbon monoxide poisoning.
On Monday, the natural gas company delivered 360 combination smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to Windsor Fire and another 156 to Leamington Fire Services.
It's part of "Project Zero," a public education campaign where more than 9,100 combination alarms will delivered to 40 municipalities across Ontario.
Brian Chauvin is Operations Manager at Enbridge in Windsor and says the goal of the campaign is to improve home safety.
"Project Zero is a special program aimed to bring the number of residential fire and carbon monoxide deaths to zero and since this inspection more than 10-years ago, Enbridge has distributed more than 44,000 alarms in municipalities across Ontario," says Chauvin.
Chauvin says safety is a top priority of the project.
"We're committed to educating the public about the importance of having fuel burn appliances inspected by a licenced natural gas contractor and installation and testings of your combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm used as a vital second line of defence," says Chauvin.
Windsor Fire Chief Fire Prevention Officer John Lee says the combined alarms will assist those in the community needing an alarm.
"We're doing our smoke alarm blitz right now until the 10th throughout the city every night and through the weekend and it will certainly help with that project," says Lee.
Enbridge has invested $275,000 in Project Zero over the past 11 years and has given more than 44,000 alarms to Ontario fire departments.
The alarms are intended to notify residents to leave their homes because of a fire or carbon monoxide exposure.